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This book ... is rigorously developed, authentic and open, and balanced in terms of taking the contextual perspective of the other as starting point. The case formulation approach is particularly suitable in the area of psychosis ... counterbalancing the toxic effects of the schizophrenia diagnosis and the meaning of devastating brain disease that has become associated with it. I would recommend it to all looking for a respectful and informative way to describe mental distress in the context of psychosis. (Jim van Os, Psychosis, Vol. 19 (2), May, 2017)

The latest publication ... provides an alternative diagnostic approach for clinicians working in the `psy-disciplines' via clinical case formulation. ... a thought provoking book relevant to a broad range of theorists, academic and clinicians interested in both the scientific / epistemological status of DSM and to clinical practice. ... Vanheule's book makes the case for an evidence based practice where more time - for both direct clinical contact and case formulation practice - is a necessary condition for best clinical practice. (Alessandro Musetti, Frontiers in Psychology, journal.frontiersin.org, June, 2017) This book ... is rigorously developed, authentic and open, and balanced in terms of taking the contextual perspective of the other as starting point. The case formulation approach is particularly suitable in the area of psychosis ... counterbalancing the toxic effects of the schizophrenia diagnosis and the meaning of devastating brain disease that has become associated with it. I would recommend it to all looking for a respectful and informative way to describe mental distress in the context of psychosis. (Jim van Os, Psychosis, Vol. 19 (2), May, 2017)

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Stijn Vanheule is a clinical psychologist and a professor at Ghent University, Belgium. He is also a privately practicing psychoanalyst and a member of the New Lacanian School for Psychoanalysis. He is the author of The Subject of Psychosis: A Lacanian Perspective and Diagnosis and the DSM – A Critical Review.

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